Weekly News, October 09, 2023

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Pewaukee, WI 53072

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Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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“This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”

Luke 22:19

October 09, 2023

From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal

SAL Parents:

We are looking forward to hosting KISS (Kids Invite Someone Special) Day this upcoming Friday. KISS mass begins at 12:30 and all are invited for a treat in the Parish Learning Center, a visit to the classroom, and a stop at the Book Fair following mass.

We wanted to give you a heads up that we will be transitioning to an electronic lunch payment process beginning the first week in November. Specific information will be forthcoming from the Kettle Moraine School District with regard to the exact procedures which will be used. The long and short is that payments for hot lunch will be done electronically and monitored exclusively by KM. In the meantime, we ask that you attempt to try and draw your lunch account down as close to zero by the end of the month as we will cease to collect money for hot lunch once this transition takes place. Rebekah will contact families this week to let them know how much is in their account. Later this month, Rebekah will be in contact with those parents who have money remaining in their lunch account after November 3 so that refunds can be arranged. More to follow on this process . . .

It appears that fall has officially arrived – enjoy the crisp weather and the changing colors!

Take care and God bless,

M. Van Hulle

Principal, SAL

Upcoming Important Dates

Monday, Oct 9 - Friday, Oct 13

Scholastic Book Fair

Wednesday, October 11

No School Mass

Tuesday, Oct 10 & Thursday, Oct 19

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, October 13

KISS Day - Mass at 12:30pm

Wednesday, October 18

All School Mass - Birthday Blessings for July and October Birthdays

Friday, October 20

No School - Teacher Inservice

Tuesday, October 24

Culver's Night

Friday, October 27

Trunk or Treat- RSVP here

Wednesday, November 01

Mission Shirt Day

Saturday, November 04

Catholic Schools Walk

Wednesday, November 15

Birthday Blessings for

November Birthdays

Wednesday, November 22 through

Monday, November 27

Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 28

Classes Resume

Culver's Night

For the full, live calendar, please see here.

For the 2023-24 Event Calendar

For more information regarding the mass schedule, including which grades will be doing the preparation for mass and upcoming Birthday Blessings , click here.

School News

K.I.S.S. Day (Kids Invite Someone Special)

This year's K.I.S.S. Day will be held this Friday, October 13 beginning with a 12:30 PM mass. Additional information can be found here. Please consider volunteering, sign up is on the registration page. Looking forward to a great day!

Interested in volunteering? We have a couple of slots open here!

EDC Billing

The Aug/Sep EDC bill is now available to pay on Wordware. Please contact the school office with any questions.

Catholic Schools Walk

We invite you all to our annual Catholic Schools Walk, which will be held Saturday, November 4th. Register for the event here! Parents are welcome to stay and watch or participate in an activity for adults. Parents if you plan on being at the event, please include yourself in the family count. This year, the event proceeds will be used for the 8th Grade Class trip to Washington D.C. The overall goal is $4,500 and we know we can accomplish this goal with the support of our SAL community! See promo video for the event.

We kindly ask that you use our school link or grade specific links that will be emailed out by grade this week via room parents. Thank you for your support!

Trunk or Treat

Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat on October 27 at 5:30pm. The lower lot will open at 5pm for those decorating trunks. Trunk or Treat is from 5:30pm-6:30pm followed by pizza and dancing in the PLC from 6:30-8pm. More information, included RSVP information, can be found here. Thank you!

This year, in addition to our Halloween fun, we will also be raising money to help support Lake Country Cares, a non-profit that aims to provide basic necessities at no cost to those in need. Specifically, we will be working to raise money to support teens who utilize their services. More information about this group can be found here.

Trunk of Treat Volunteers Needed!

In addition to those decorating trunks and handing out candy, we need some volunteers to help make this night a huge success! Please consider signing up to volunteer for one of the available positions to help make this a great school community event!

Mustang Mascot Opportunity

Calling all children interested in being the Mustang Mascot! Your child must be in 4th-8th Grade to sign up! Please see the attached sign-up genius to sign up your child! Sign-up is first come, first serve! If your child misses the opportunity to be the mascot at a home volleyball game, a sign-up genius will be shared out for all home basketball games at the end of the volleyball season!

High Interest Day Planning Committee Volunteers

This year's High Interest Day is back on Friday, May 24th and we are looking for volunteers to join our planning committee! It's a great way to get some volunteer hours and plan an awesome day for our students. If you are interested in joining please reach out to Liz Kurowski at

kurowski1017@gmail.com. If you can't volunteer on the committee please mark your calendars for May 24th to help out on High Interest Day. We need lots of volunteers to make it work!

Women of Christ Conference

Please join us on Saturday, November 18th for Women of Christ 2023. Come celebrate our faith with camaraderie, inspirational speakers, and yes, even a vendor market with great shopping. Adoration and reconciliation will be available throughout the day. The event concludes with 4pm Mass celebrated by Archbishop Jerome Listecki. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Goyette.

Called To Serve

Parent Volunteer Expectations

Trimester 1 Sign Up

St. Anthony on the Lake School is a strong, vibrant school due to the help of many volunteers!

We are fortunate to provide more variety of volunteer opportunities to parents and be able to use classroom volunteers. In addition to any volunteer duties you wish to do, all families are expected to sign up for 3 specific duties per trimester (through Sign-Up Genius), St. Anthony on the Lake: Trimester 1 Volunteer Sign Up (signupgenius.com) This includes playground, lunch serving, lunchroom helper, or health room. If you are unable to come to help during the school day, you are asked to sign up and in turn, get a sub from the sub list.

Immediate Volunteer Needs

Wednesday, October 11 - Lunch Server

Thursday, October 12 - Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Friday, October 13 - Lunch Server

Monday, October 16 - Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper

Tuesday, October 17 - Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Wednesday, October 18 - Lunch Servers (2)

Thursday, October 19 - Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Special Volunteer Opportunities

We have a couple of special volunteer opportunity needs throughout the school year! Please contact the school office for additional information.

Office Tasks – help sporadically with larger office projects (mailings, tracking, organizing).
Volunteer Coordinator – create sign-up every trimester for daily tasks (Sign Up Genius). Help track volunteer duties occasionally.
Immunization Volunteer - assist with tracking our school's immunization information. Bulk of volunteer hours are in the beginning of the school year.

Playground and hot lunch duties will take place from 11:30-12:45pm (11:15am arrival time for checking in with the office). New this year, Health Room this year will take place from 12- 12:45pm. Please note: ALL volunteers must participate in Safe Environment education before they may volunteer.

Safe Environment Education

Anyone who is volunteering in any manner here at St. Anthony on the Lake will need to participate in a one-time training titled “Safe Environment Education”. This training is mandated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To register and for additional information, please go to the Safe Environment page on the Archdiocese website. Again, this training, along with a background check, is a one-time training requirement for all adults.

Prayers, Gratitude, and Celebration

Please keep the Brunner family in your prayers.

Please pray for Kyler Hogan and the entire Hogan family.

Please keep the Beckes family in your prayers.

The Sunshine Club is excited to announce the arrival of Julia Elizabeth Mueller, born 9/30/23 at 1:42pm! She was 6lbs, 9 oz, 19.5” long. Her big brothers Will (2nd), Lucas (4K) and AJ (3K) as well as her parents Lindsey and Matt are overjoyed!

Congratulations to the Mueller family!

Parish Opportunities

Middle School Youth Group Upcoming Events

For other upcoming events, please see our Middle School Youth Group page!

Early Childhood Events & Moms Group

Click on this link to see the many fun and engaging activities for toddlers and preschoolers as well as time just for Moms: SAL Parish Early Childhood Events